List of American composers
The following is a partial list of U.S. composers.
For a more complete list, see Category:American composers
A
- John Coolidge Adams (1947-), minimalist
- Dwight Ashley (1959-)
- Trey Azagthoth (George Emmanuel III) 1965
- Rod Abernethy (1953-) video games, film and tv
B
- Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
- Amy Beach
- Supply Belcher
- Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989), known for his work in Broadway musicals
- Elmer Bernstein
- Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990), also conductor and pianist, composed the music for West Side Story
- William Billings
- Phillip Bimstein
C
- John Cage (1912 - 1992), experimental composer known for the "silent" 4'33"
- John Alden Carpenter
- Elliott Carter
- Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990), works include tonal music, film scores and Fanfare for the Common Man
- Henry Cowell (1897 - 1965)
D E F G
- David Diamond
- James DiPasquale
- Abraham Ellstein
- Danny Elfman
- Stephen Foster
- J. Ryan Garber
- George Gershwin (1898 – 1937), classical, Broadway and jazz composer
- Michael Giacchino
- Philip Glass
H I J
- Roy Harris
- Walter Hartley
- Samuel Hazo
- Silvio Hein (1879 - 1928)
- Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781 - 1861)
- Bernard Herrmann
- Michael Hersch
- William Icari
- Charles Ives
- Edwin Arthur Jones
- Scott Joplin (1867 – 1917), ragtime musician and composer
- Bradley Joseph (born 1965]
L M N O
- William P. Latham (1917 - 2006)
- Edward MacDowell
- Daniel Gregory Mason (1873 - 1953)
- Anne McGinty (1945-)
- Edgar Meyer
- Richard Meyer
- Undine Smith Moore
- Justin Morgan
- Carli Muñoz
- Mark O'Connor
P Q R
- John Knowles Paine
- Horatio Parker
- Walter Piston
- Cole Porter
- Key Poulan
- Alfred Reed
- Steve Reich
- Curtis Roads
S T U
- John Serry, Sr.
- Alex Shapiro
- Ralph Shapey
- Robert W. Smith
- John Philip Sousa
- William Grant Still
- James Swearingen
- Kevin Ure [1]
V W X Y Z
- Ezequiel Viñao
- Harry Warren (tunes on page)
- Eric Whitacre
- John Williams
- Frank Zappa